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Eleanor Holmes Norton: I would ask FEMA, through your disability coordinator established by statute after Hurricane Katrina, to consider…

On the recordApril 2, 2009
I would ask FEMA, through your disability coordinator established by statute after Hurricane Katrina, to consider real-time exercises throughout the United States, of course, but particularly in this region, where we are more vulnerable than most other regions.
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Eleanor Holmes Norton
Democratic · District of Columbia

Editor's note · Context

Norton emphasizes the need for real-time exercises for people with disabilities in vulnerable regions.

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